And william ackerman



W. NICHOLAS AND W; ACKERMAN.

JUSTIFYING MEANS FOR TYPE CASHNG AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. I914- 1,310,207, Patented July 15, 1919.

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JUSTIFYING MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1914.

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JUSTIFYING MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 1, I914. 1,310,202, Patented July 15, 1919.

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WILLIAM NICHOLAS, OF NEW YORK, AND WILLIAM ACKERMAN, OF LARCHMONT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY i MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED STATES GRAIEI-IO'IXPE COMEANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

JUSTIFYING MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed July '7, 1914. Serial N 0. 849,574.

To all whom it may com/cm:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM NICHOLAS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at No. 222 lVest Twenty-third street, in the city of New York, county and State of New York, and WILLIAM Aenea- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the village of Larchmont, in the county of lVestchester, in said State, have invented new and useful Improvements in Justifying Means for Type Casting and Composing Machines, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe same.

Our invention relates to improvements in the means employed in type casting, composing and justifying machines for effecting sectional justifications within a standard or justified line of composed type. The object of the present invention more specifically stated is to improve and simplify the means to this end, which in its essential fea tures comprises supplemental devices for controlling the usual actions of the mechanism employed in straight justification, so that the machine will vary its normal operations in order to efiec-t such fractional justification, withholding the final operation in connection with the justification thereof until the final sectional justification has been effected, and then depositing the line into the galley containing the justified lines of composition.

Our invention therefore will be applicable to mechanism for casting type into justified lines, such as shown our joint United States Patents Nos. 964,676 and 9645,6577, wherein controller devices are employed both for casting character type, and to determine the point in the operation of the associated parts for removing lines thus composed and justifiedinto the galley.

Therefore, whether the tape device with perforations in predetermined combinations is employed in controlling the circuit making contacts for the above purposes, or whether separate selectors perform the same function, in the same general manner as illustrated in our .joint United States Patent No. 9641,67 9, in either of said forms of controllers a special trip selector would be employed in the usual manner preceding the justification selector in its passage through the index head of the casting and justifying machine, for each of the sectional justifications required to make up a line, with this exception, that in our present device we do not require employment of a special signal for the multiple justification as has been used in all former devices designed for sectional justification.

Therefore our improvement is designed to Simplify both the method and mechanism heretofore used to this end. and in the preferred form of our present invention we employ certain parts and devices heretofore used and employed in connection therewith together with devices for automatically operating those mechanisms to accomplish our present purposes. That is to say. heretofore, in both sectional and single justifica- 'tion, special controller signal devices have been required to effect the necessary connection between the ustifier mechanism and the. line pushing or galley feeding devices.

to complete the multiple justification. That is, stated more particularly, by employing the mechanism heretofore used for connecting the line pushing slide with the justification slide so as to deliver the completed line into the galley, those parts may be normally operated and may remain disconnected one from the other during each sectional justification, and then connected finally to deliver the line into the galley when it has been set to its full length, 2'. 6., finally justified, effecting the necessary connections to operate the line pusher to deliver it into the galley.

o therefore employ the means illustrated in connection with the type casting machine illustrated in our said oint Patent No. 964,677, comprising the justifier slide and its actuating cam connections on the one end and the individual type and the line delivering slides on the other, the line delivering mechanisms comprising the usual galley pusher in the same manner as there illustrated.

Having reference to the drawings: Figure 1 is a partial plan view of the type casting machine to which the preferred form of our invention relates. Fig. 1 a partial plan view of mechanism of parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a sectional end view; Fig. 8 is a partial plan view showing the justifier slide; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on lines H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the parts in a moved position; Figs. 6 and 7 are respective end and side elevations of a part shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a plan view of the line pusher mechanism.

Our invention in the preferred form illustrated is intended to apply to the mechanism described in our said joint Patent 964,677 wherein the driving shaft 1 which carried the several actuating cams relating to the different mechanisms of which the type casting machine is made up, am'ong which as more intimately connected with our present mechanism are the pump actuating cam 5, the mold plunger actuating cam 10 and the ustifying cam 15, the two former being rigidly secured to said shaft while the latter is loosely mounted thereon and provided with a clutch mechanism through means of which it may be driven intermittently by said shaft, a special tripping mechanism being provided to be operated by a so-called trip contr'oller selector device, of one form or another, as described in our said patents.

By means of the cam 5 the pump rod- 6 through the action of its spring 7 is at the proper timing made to operate the pump plunger to force the molten metal into the type mold when otherwise properly prepared for casting a type, and the mold plunger cam 10 will operate immediately thereafter to push the type thus cast out of the mold and into the galley mechanism, where the line of composition is assembled, one type at a time.

The pump mold cam 5 and the plunger cam 10 will therefore be rotated once for each type cast, or, stated conversely, at each rotation of the driving shaft and its attached cams, a type will be cast and forced by the type delivering plunger 11 in to the head portion of the galley 20.

As the foremost type of a line is fed into the galley mechanism, it is held by a suitable frictional or device of any convenient form. in an upright position as the line of type increases in length being held on the one side by the familiar rule 21 of thin sheet metal vertically supported by means which will operate to remove the rule when the line has been completed so as to be fed into the column that is being composed within the galley.

On the side of the line op osite the rule is the line pushing block 22, t lflt also serves as a guidefor the line of ty 3e being set, which member with the rule orms a narrow passageway of a width corresponding to the point dimension of the type tobe held therein.

The line pusher 22 which is carried across the passageway in which the type line is assembled, thereby forcing the line into the galley when it has been set to the full standard length, is fixed upon a sliding member 26, which is employed as in our said Patent No. 964,67 7 to furnish a suitable supporting slide for the galley pushing block 22 said block and its guiding'member being normally held by spring action in position for receiving the assembled line of type and preparatory to pushing it into the galley.

The slide 26 is operated through a connecting means presently to be referred to more in detail, by which it is operably united to the justifier slide 16 which it is understood always operates at the beginning of each line of composition set by the ma chine. The actuating means, however, by which such connection is effected is the type delivering plunger 11, when it pushes the last type into the line, which when fully justified is of the proper length to reach the parts to be operated thereby.

Thus, while the type are fed into the galley mechanism, one being so inserted at each rotation 'of the driving shaft of the casting machine, the line pusher mechanism operates only once and that when the line has been completely justified to the standard length, or in other words once for each line thus composed. Therefore, inasmuch as the justifier mechanism must be set previous to the casting of a line it is convenient to attach the line pusher actuating mechanism to the parts which are employed in setting the justifier mechanism. Hence, the form of type casting machine to which the present form of our mechanism is applied, comprises a justifier slide 16 which is suitably mounted on the top plate of the machine frame and adapted to slide longitudinally, having at its end a roll 16 which is adapted to fit into a corresponding cam in the justifier cam 15; so that at each rotation thereof the slide 16 is reciprocated, to perform the functions heretofore described in connection with setting the justifier mechanism.

Immediately under the justifier slide 16 is the line pusher actuating slide 25 (see Figs. 3 and 4) which carries a vertical slidable clutch member 27, adapted to be forced by means presently to be described upwardly into an enlarged recess cut into the under side of the justifier slide 16 so that as said slide is carried forward by its cam it will also draw the line pusher slide 26 forward with it, and by reason of the vertical fulcrum lever 28 operably attached thereto which at its upper arm is adapted to carry the line pusher fcrwarcl to force the line into the galley.

pusher slides.

Hence unless the clutch mechanism is elevated into locking position the justifier slide wi l pe form its. func on'swithout. di tur gthe line. pusher. slidaand by providing s. whereby. the clutch ember is only carried into. such, operablevposition, When the line has been completely justified and inserted into the galley, ,it will, be. possible to employ the mechanism above r f to in. connection with. multiple or sectionaljustification.-. We will therefore, at this point describe the, means employed whereby this result is attained.

The. clutch mechanism whereby the; line pusherv slide maybe-connectedwith the justifier. slide has been fullydescribed in connection withour said jointPatentNo. 964,677, and also the means for operating the clutch memberhas been therein fully setforth, and therefore only eertzinfeatuiesi. will be necessary to be referred to inthis c-onnection. A vertical pin 30..which is. suitably guided in a bracket underneath:tbebedplate isnormally urged in the direction of; the clutch member 27 .by means of a spiral spring 31 upon. .the stem of. thefpin, which presses against a collar suitably secured to. said pin. The head 3216f the pinQBOW provides a convenient. shoulder for interposihg a. sliding device which will hold-.zthe pin out Ofeligagement with the, inclinedportion 27 of theclutchmember, which, however; is. adapted tobe raisedby action of said spring to operably unite the. line. pushing slides 26 to the justifierslide. 16... Hence, until it is desiredto. crowd the line into. thegalley, the pin30 may be held. out. of engagingrelationship with the. clutch member .as shown in Figs. 2, v4, 5, and 8, so. that the justifier slide may. be operated as frequently .as desired in setting the justiiierparts to justify sectional portions of a line without pushing them into the galley, thus permittingl the typeto advance between the rule and the galley pusher until the line has been fully juStifie'dJ Thereupon, when the line has been fully completed, by means which will next be described, the under slide. 35 which is normally in position to .holdthe pin 30 out of engagement with the clutch member as above described, will be withdrawn, thereby permitting the connection to bem'a'de. in the manner described between the justifier' and line Upon the top surface of the line pushing blockand guide member '22, at the extreme end thereof is a slidable member 40., which is normally held against "a stop .41 byimea'n's of a. spring 42, being dpe rably held thereon b v means of two. screws. within longitudinally disposed; slots, at jthe respective. ends thereof, The slidablemember 40 is made in two parts, relatively ,adjustablelongitudr nally one. to the other, the 'portion at the end held in the manner indicated against the stop peg 41, and the member 45 having proj ecting upwardly from its top portion a series of rectangular stops 46, into the interstices between adjacent stops thereof, is adapted to fit a tongue-like projection 51., on the under side of a stop member 50 pivotally mounted upon a swivel post 52 loosely supported in a vertical bearing in the side 1 9 of the galley head. The member 50 thus pivotally attached to the swivel support be raised upon its pivoted bearing and shifted laterally simultaneously in making adjustable connections with the toothed member 45. Thus by lifting the free end of the StOp member 50 its tongue 51 is withdrawn from its position between the stops 46 of the member 45, in which it has been resting, and irrespective of the exact position of the side bar 19 may be located with reference to its position relative to the said member45, the finger 50 may be carried one notch either way by reason of its swivel sup- P L r.- 1

The toothed stops 46 are of a size and so placed toregister pica em measurement so that asthe side, bar 19, which is itself slidable in a path parallel to the member. 45, is, moved laterally to bring the tongue 51 of the stop member against successive stops 46 the galby measure will be widened by one pica emfor each successive step. In order to "register fractional ems of registration to correspond with line of such width, the toothed member 45 is adjustably attached to the stop slide 40 by inc-ans of the horizontal screw 47 Which is rotatably mounted in brackets 47 upon the outer end of the member. 4,0;,and provided against longitudinal movement-thereinby means of a collar 47' thereon adapted to run within a slotted bearing in one of the brackets 47. The adjust'ablescrew 47 has a knurled head and a threaded endv47 entering a correspondingly threadedorifice in the lateral lug 45 upon the member 45, which being held in the manner indicated againstlongitudinal thrust in either direction as it is turned will draw the toothed mem'ber 45 relatively toward or away from the slide 40 according to the direction of the screw 47 so that the member 45 may thus be moved to any fraction of em carrying with it the stopmember 50 when in position against the corresponding to th .6-, a

-The stop member 50 when thus in registering engagement with the tooth 46 is horizontally lowered to the level of the type line so as tobe contacted by the forward member oflthe advancing line of type. Hence, by adjusting the sidebar 19 and the toothed .member 45' with'which it engages in the manner indicated to the desired pica width of line, it will readily be seen. that when a line of, corresponding, measure is forced against the stop member 50 by means of the mold plunger 11, which is operated through the positive connections with the mold plunger cam 10. The stop member 50 will thus be forced upon the swivel support 52, carrying with it the slide 40, which through its connection by means of the adjusting screw 49 will likewise force the member 40 against the action of the spring to travel away from its stop pin 41 until the line is completely composed and fed into the galley by the plunger 11. Therefore, in order to employ this slide 40 to operate the connecting means between the line plunger slide and the justification slide only when the line has been fully composed and fed into the galley, it is necessary to have the stop member 50 normally resting at a position slightly shorter than the standard line to be justified thereby.

The means employed for utilizing the sliding action of the member 40 will now be described. At the side of the sliding member 40 there extends an arm 43 in the slot 44 which is adapted to pivot a thumb piece 61 which when thrown into engagement therewith operably connects the rock lever 60, to the slide 40 (see Figs. 1, 4 and 5) so that as the latter is moved in the manner described when the line has been fully set, the lever 60 is rocked upon its shaft 62. The shaft 62 is suitably mounted in brackets 63 upon the under side of the top plate 3, and when the lever 60 is actuated, swings the depending arm 65 also pinned thereto. Pivotally attached to the end of the lever 65 is a link 35 slidable on bracket 67 at the under side of the bed plate 4, the link member having at its outer end at right angles thereto an L extension 68, as viewed in plan. As the link 35 is reciprocated within its bearing by the lever 65, the L extension 68 is thereby brought immediately above the head 32 of the vertical pin 30, or carried out of the path of said head 32, owing to the direction in which the link 35 is carried by the lever arm 65 to which it is attached, and held in position by means of a spiral spring suitably supported upon the pivotal connection thereof and adapted to hold the link in operable contact with the block 67 It will be recalled that the vertical pin 30 when carried upwardly by its spring engages the clutch member 27 and thus operably locks together the justifier and line pushing slides, in order to insert the justified line into the galley. Therefore the L extension 68 of the sliding link 35 is of sufficient thickness, vertically considered, to hold the pin 30 out of position to throw the said clutch member into such locking engagement relatively to said slides, when the justifier slide 16 is carried forward by the action of the justifier cam 15 before the casting of the line next following that which. has been justified. un-

der the operation of our improved mechanism.

It will be recalled that the mold plunger 11, which is actuated by the cam 10 as it delivers intothe galley the last type to complete the multiple justified line, by means of the opposite end thereof contacting the stop member 50, through the agency of the intervening slide bar 19 and its connections, in this manner vibrates the lever arm 65 and reciprocates the link slide 68 both in and out of contacting position relatively to the head of the clutch vertical lift pin 30 which effects the clutching of the line pushing slide to the justifier slide, which is driven by the justifier cam 15. Hence inasmuch as both of said cams are driven by the the same shaft 1, by suitably timing the operations thereof, the link slide 68 may be withdrawn by operation of the cam '10, in the manner described, previously to the arrival of the justifier slide at the position in which the toothed recess 29 therein is over the clutch member 27 so that the latter will be forced upwardly into said recess and the line pushing slide 25 in which it is vertically guided will accordingly be carried forward with the justifier slide 16. Thus means are provided whereby the fully justified line of type effects'the necessary connections for its insertion into the galley, and for the reason that such connections are not made until the full line has been composed, the justifier slide is available for the purposes of setting the other or normal justifier parts for the successiveisectional justifications of the line, during which incomplete multiple justifications the tripping mechanism is also free to operate as often as required, without delivering the line to the galley, until as thus provided the final justification has been made. i

In orderto facilitate the withdrawal of the link slide 68 from the head 32 of the vertical pin 30, which is'by action of the spring 31 at all'times urged in the direction of the under surface of the plate 4 against which said link is slidably held, the extension L 68, as shown in-Fig. 3, is reduced in its vertical cross-section so that when the tooth of the clutch member 27 is contacted with the forward portion 33 of the under side ofthe justifier slide16, the head pin 30 is thereby pressed sufficiently to relieve the link slide of all frictional pressure of the head 32 of said pin as a result of the action of its spring. Hence, as the link slide 35 is withdrawn, and likewise reinserted under the head of the vertical spring pin while theforward face 33 of the j ustifier slide is pressing upon the clutch member and its supporting pin 30, as shown in Fig. 3, the objectionable frictional resistance that would otherwise interfere with the employment of an actuating element comprising a yielding line of type is removed.

However, inasmuch as the clutch member 27 must be held out of engagement With the toothed recess 29 of the justifier slide by the interposition of the L extension 68 of the link slide 35 as the justifier slide goes forward during the setting of the parts for the partial ustifications, the line not yet being ready to be advanced to the galley, unless provision is made to the contrary the clutch member Would be carried up into engagement with the toothed recess 29 While the L extension of the linked slide .35 is under the head of the vertical pin 30. To obviate this difficulty the rearward under surface 3% of the justifier slide adjacent the engaging edge of the toothed recess 29 is elevated to an extent slightly in excess of the distance the pin 30 is allowed to rise by reason of the diminution of the height of the said extension 68 of the link slide. Hence when the slide 35 is under the head of the vertical pin the justifier Will pass idly over the clutch locking member 27, and When the slide is to be inserted under the head of the pin or withdrawn therefrom it may be accomplished Without undue frictional resistance to prevent its free operation to that end.

Having described our invention, What We claim is: V j I 1. In a type casting and composing machine, record controlled means for forming lines therein and for pushing said line into a galley; means for rendering inoperative said line pushing means until a line of predetermined length has been forced in position therein to be pushed into the galley; and mechanical means comprising a transverse stop finger adapted to be contacted by an advancing line of predetermined length; and means includlng sald stop finger for operating said line pushing means.

2. In a type casting and composing machine, means for justifying lines in multiple Copies of this patent may be obtained. for

sections Within a galley mechanism provided in connection therewith, said justifying means comprisin a cam, actuated slide; means for advancing the line longitudinally thereof into the galley head by operation of a type plunger; a line pusher for transferring composed lines laterally into the galley, actuated by a slidable bar adjacent said cam actuated slide; means for operably connecting said bar and slide, comprising a sliding member longitudinally disposed upon said line pusher; means for actuating the sliding member comprising a transverse stop finger adjustably attached thereto and adapted to be contacted by the advancing line of type when fully justified; and means whereby said sliding member actuates said clutch member to operate the line pusher by said line justifying means.

3. In a type casting and composing machine, means for ustifying standard lines in multiple sections, said justifying means comprising a cam actuated slide; means for advancing partially justified lines into the galley mechanism thereof; a line pusher for transferring composed lines to the said galley, comprising clutching means for operably attaching said line pusher to said cam actuated slide; mechanism for actuating said clutching means comprising a yielding mem her, a clutch member, and a slide, said slide being adapted normally to hold said clutch member out of engagement; and means actuated by a fully justified line for removing said slide to permit said clutching mechanism to operate to permit the justifying means to push said line into the galley.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

' WILLIAM NICHOLAS.

WILLIAM ACKERMAN.

Witnesses:

EDITH ENNISSON. JAMES ENNIssoN.

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